
Job:05-19413 Title:Creating Comics
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Creative Process
I created this piece with a traditional manga artist’s tools—pen
and markers. I roughed the image out in stick-figure format on a
rough piece of paper to see if the composition worked. Then, on
smooth Bristol board, I penciled it in lightly with mechanical pen-
cils using HB/H leads. I inked over the results with Copic Multiliner
pens—these are fine liners ranging in size from 0.05 to 1.0 and
through to brush tips. They are impervious to Copic color markers
and other alcohol-based markers. Once the inks dried, I erased
the ...